My family values + Paul Auster | The Guardianhttp://www.theguardian.com/lifeandstyle/series/my-family-values+books/paulauster
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Siri Hustvedt: My family valueshttp://www.theguardian.com/lifeandstyle/2012/sep/15/siri-hustvedt-my-family-values
The novelist talks about her family<p><strong>The family is where we become ourselves</strong> – those early relations are crucial to who we go on to become – for better or worse. I am an American but a sense of otherness was part of my growing up. I spoke Norwegian before I spoke English. My mother is Norwegian. I was and still am very close to my mother, who is now almost 90; she's been a loving figure in my life. She advised: &quot;Don't do anything you don't want to do.&quot; It was a message of resistance, not to be coerced against your better judgment by someone who is trying to exercise power over you. My parents were quite encouraging of my creativity. I knew I wanted to write since I was 13.</p><p></p> <a href="http://www.theguardian.com/lifeandstyle/2012/sep/15/siri-hustvedt-my-family-values">Continue reading...</a>Siri HustvedtPaul AusterBooksFamilyLife and styleFri, 14 Sep 2012 23:04:01 GMThttp://www.theguardian.com/lifeandstyle/2012/sep/15/siri-hustvedt-my-family-valuesDan CallisterSiri Hustvedt: 'I had a deep hunger to impress my father.' Photograph: Dan CallisterDan CallisterSiri Hustvedt: 'I had a deep hunger to impress my father.' Photograph: Dan CallisterAnita Sethi2012-09-14T23:04:01Z